The Naples Sabot

The Sabot Photo: North Sails

The Naples Sabot is one of the largest and most popular one-design classes of sailing craft in existence today. This popularity is due to two features: the leeboard (sideboard), which allows more versatility than a daggerboard; and the fixed keel, which allows the craft to be rowed or towed without a fish-tail effect, and also prevents taking in water through the daggerboard trunk.

The Naples Sabot should not be confused with the National Sabot, more commonly sailed in Australia.

Sabot Specifications

Sabot Class History